Display-stand.



No. 888,716. 'PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

0. P. LIVELY. 8

DISPLAY'STAND.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27,1905.

7 Sawenfoz ORIN P. LIVELY, OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

DISPLAY-S TAN D.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented May 26, 1908.

Appllcation'flled Octcber 21,1905. Serial No. 284,673.

' To all whom itmayconcern: Be 1t known that I, ORIN R-LIVELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ports-f mouth, in the county of- Norfolk andState of Vlr inla, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification. i The principal object'of the invention is to provide a display stand .suitable'either for domestic use as a repository for potted plants and the like or as an accessory of storesor fruit stands, Another object is to rovide a device of the character stated, whiclishall have considerable capacity in respect to the space it occuples. I p

Another'objeet is to provide anexpansible rack or stand composed of duplicate parts,

. which can be conveniently assembled or removed andwhen not in use folded togethe into small compass. 1

To-these and other ends hereinafter stated, the invention consists in the novel construetlon, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims hereto appended.

The nature, characteristic features, and S00 is of. the invention will be'moreclearly un erstood by reference to the following'description taken in'connection with the ac companying drawing, forming part hereof and'wherein Fi ure 1', is a perspective view of a display stand embodying features of myinvention. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5', are details which shall be referred to in the course ofthe description.

Referring to the drawings, 1, represents the main support consisting 'of a central rod or standard. 'The standard 1, is provided at or near the top with an overhang or projeca tionp'2,'and the shelf members or brackets radiate from the standard andarepivotally attached to the projection 2. 3, are angularly disposed legs or members, which carry the shelves and they are formed or provided with laterally extendedflatheads 4. Thelatter are cut away on one side as at 5, to admit of a hinge connection 6, with thenext adjoin- I ing head aswill be ap arent uplon inspection of Fig. 2. The centra one of t e members 3, is rigidly connected'to the projection 2, and the other membersare hinged with relation to each other. 1

7, are brace rods disposed near the bottom of the standard intermediate the legs or members 3, and the central-support, andthey are formed or provided at their inner ends wlth hinge members 8,'connected wlth one another and with a lip or projection 9,

on the standard. Figs. 3 and 5.

10, are anglepieces' secured in any suitable manner to 'the legs or members 3, and they serve to carry the shelves. The latter may be of any approved form, the drawing illustrating removable trays 1.1-.

It will lie-manifest from the foregoing description and the illustration, that upon removing the trays 11, the parts may be folded together in small compass, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will further be manifestth at the capacity of the stand can be varied by adding or removing one or more of the arms orlegs 3.

Havingdescri-bed the nature and objects .of my invention, what I'claim as new and desire to secure by- Letters Patent is An expansible knock-down display stand consisting of a central support or standard having an overhang or projection, a built-up series. of pivotally connected angle irons or shelf members radiating from the standard andpi'vo-tally connected as ..a unit to said projection so that they may close upon one another or be brought in arallelism, brace rods pivotally connecting t e shelf members and standard, and angle pieces to receive the shelves. g y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORIN P. LIVELY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL Y. BROWNE,

CHARLES H. BABcooK.

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